San Diego Station Tracks Earth Satellite in 1958 IGY
Scientists at Brown Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station near San Diego prepare to track a manmade satellite on its 94 minute orbit. An eight antenna minitrack system spans 600 miles north to south, with a central Schmidt camera for calibration and visual observers aiding precision.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific
Brown Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Here
U. S. Navy Electronics Laboratory
Brown Field Station
Hemisphere
United States
Blossom Point
Ft. Stewart
South America
U. S
Batista Field
Havana
Mt. Coto- Paxi
Ecuador
Ancon
Peru
Early Shoppers Thieves Hit Richmond Hardware Store
Thieves broke into a Richmond hardware store Sunday taking two tricycles a detective outfit a toy gun a clarinet and an Indian set. Police investigate the break in as a holiday shopping spree.
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Richmond
Tree Planting Program Enters Third Year
The third year of the Governor's Plant More Trees program opened with a Woodstock meeting of six county forestry committees aiming to plant 160,000 trees. County goals span Frederick 15,000 Clarke 15,000 Page 15,000 Warren 15,000 Shenandoah 25,000 Rockingham 75,000 as part of a statewide 30 million seedlings for year three. Shenandoah County earned an award for planting 29,000 trees, 4,000 over its 25,000 goal.
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Woodstock
Frederick County
C. E. Koontz
Paul T. Moore
John T. Wolfe
Charles Ward
William E. Cooper
Virginia Forests, Inc
Clarke County
Page County
Warren County
Shenandoah County
Rockingham
Virginia
Marcel la Sembrich's Nationality and Countries She Sang
Polish ancestry by birth in Austria in 1858. She performed in Greece, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States with renowned venues including Athens, Dresden, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
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Marcella Sembrich
Austria
Praxede Marcelline Kochanska
Vienna
Athens
Greece
Dresden Opera
Germany
Covent Garden
London
Red Delicious Harvest Nearing Peak in Area
The Martinsburg market news notes peak Red Delicious harvest approaching within a week with Jonathans, Regular Delicious, Lowrys and Grimes also being picked. Demand ranges from good to slow. cool weather favored color, while last week's heat slowed color in parts. Virginia and Northeast stocks show varied market effects and export activity persists in South America.
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Grimes
Federal State Market News Service
Martinsburg
W. Va
New York
New England
Chicago
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Byrd
D. K. Russell
Clearbrook
Russell
Jonathan
Butler
Left-Handedness Terms in Historical Glossary
The term sinistro refers to the left or left-handed side. Sinistrodextra denotes better developed on the left or a preference for the left hand. Stral can mean left-handed or favoring the left body side in historical usage.
Two Churches Flourish In Relief Community
On the Winchester Middle Road the Sunrise United Brethren and Relief Methodist have coexisted since their founding. Originating from a union Sunday School in a Massie barn, the two churches shared a schoolhouse church and continued joint worship as the Relief community grew. The Relief Methodist, organized in 1890 after Rev. Frank Strother held an evangelistic grove meeting, now sits with Rev. Josiah Andrew as pastor.
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Winchester
Hillman’s Toll Gate
Marlboro
Sunrise United Brethren
Relief Methodist
George Thomas Massie
Sunrise United Brethren Church
Relief Methodist Church
Union Sunday School
Frederick County
Frank Strother
Relief
Bush Meeting
Retha Snapp
Frederick
Pexton's Chapel
Lemp
Josiah Andrew
J. R. V Aon Horne
J. C. Thrasher
H. A Brown
N. N. Hall
C. L. Potter
L. R. Markwood
W. Hardesty
Notable Names in School Almanac Through Midcentury
The list records individuals with associated years ranging from 1927 to 1956. Names include H. eight Myerly J. T. Brown C. R. Curtis R. B. Moore H. S. Roane J. S. Peebles T. J. Mitchell E. B. Cook and L. H. Smallwood, with corresponding years 1927 1937 1940 1941 1943 1946 1949 1953 1954 1956.
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H. 8. Myerly
J. T. Brown
C. R. Curtis
R. B. Moore
H. S. Roane
J. S. Peebles
T. J. Mitchell
E. B. Cook
L. H. Smallwood
Theft of 58 Cent Ham Could End Convict's Freedom
Norfolk man Johnnie Cooke 47 was arrested for stealing a Smithfield ham worth 58 cents. Fingerprints linked him to Lewis Allan, an escapee from Edgecombe County penitentiary who disappeared in 1936. Allan had served about six years of a 20 to 25 year murder sentence.
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Johnnie Cooke
Cooke
Lewis Allan
Edgecombe County
N. C
Raleigh
Allan
Harvest Locks Down Army Drills in Hobart Oklahoma
In Hobart Oklahoma the wheat harvest brings a halt to Army training as the National Guard suspends weekly drills until after the harvest to mobilize all personnel for harvest work in the Southwest Oklahoma area.
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Hobart
Okla
Oklahoma
Hobart National Guard
Diamond Crater diggings attract over 600 finds in Arkansas
The Diamond Crater site near Murfreesboro attracts visitors who pay admission and may keep diamonds found each day up to five carats. Owners claim a quarter interest in any stones of five carats or more discovered during the hunt.
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Viurfreesboro
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Pile Relief
Advertisement claims Peterson's Ointment soothes pile torture within minutes. The cooling astringent formula supposedly relieves itching fast and has helped buyers for 40 years. Available at druggists box 50 cents or applicator tube 75 cents with money back guarantee.
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Peterson
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